[R-sig-Geo] degAxis() does not print degree symbol

[Edzer Pebesma]

On 01/25/2012 01:55 PM, Ricc wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry to dig up this thread, but I am currently facing the same issue, ie I
> do not get the degree symbol on the plot but rather get a gamma symbol.
> - Do someone found a solution ?
> - Has it something to do with the encoding set up of my system ?

It might help if you would tell us what your encoding is, as well as
operating system & version. On my system, it works. The sessionInfo
there is:

> sessionInfo()
R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
 [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
 [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 [7] LC_PAPER=C                 LC_NAME=C
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] rgdal_0.7-5 sp_0.9-94

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] grid_2.14.1    lattice_0.20-0



> Thanks !
> 
> My script:
> library(rgdal)
> my_lines <- readOGR(".","ShapefileName")
> plot(my_lines, axes=TRUE) 
> 
>> sessionInfo()
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base  
> other attached packages:
> [1] rgdal_0.7-8  sp_0.9-93    rkward_0.5.6
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] grid_2.14.1    lattice_0.20-0 tools_2.14.1 
> 
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> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
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Edzer Pebesma
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